"Last year, the Smokehouse Creek fire burned over one million acres in the Texas Panhandle, but that was also the largest fire observed in Texas history." In a Thursday update, Texas A&M Forest ...

We’ve created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas ... of wildfires. Follow along with the map ...

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of... 'Beauty from the ashes.' Texas Panhandle recovering ...

The legislation was written after the state’s largest wildfire scorched more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle last year. The Texas House gave initial approval to two bills meant to help the ...

As the committee discussed the bills, most of Texas was under wildfire risk. A combination of weather conditions — including hurricane-force winds and drought — hit the Panhandle and South Plains.